The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1887-04-28

Gen. c. b. Mauocks for Il c"rnpacking establish
ment. y proposition WAS agreed upon which it is
believed will be accepted hy Gen. Mattocks, and it
now remains To obtain sufficient number Of
farmers to agree to furnish corn from 200 Of
land THE waterproof Ferry co. has purchased
the LathIt Rich wharf property and will make inn
proycments on it. Mrs. Harding died of paray
sis at the bqrae OF her daughter Mrs H. g. Morgan
Friday last ut the advanced age of ~. The
funeral services were held ON sunday afternoon,
conducted by Rev. a. A. Lewis Quarterly meet
ing services were held at the NJ T. church ON sun
day ly p. +. +. H. Osgood At the close of the
morning service three persons We're received into
the church by the pastor. Rev. L. :. Green, VI
the church of Latter Day Saints, from Attlcboro,
Mass, lecturcd ut Union Hall on Sunday after
and evening Union services were held at
the Cong. vcstry ON Fast Day, conducted By Rev.
A. A. Lcws..... Mrs. May McManus from Water
willie is visiting her parents Mr.. and Mrs. +. G.
Arey The up.strtet schools began last week,
taught 10y Miss a, ID. Filield and Miss L. d.
Moore IL ncle Toms Cabin played at Union
Hall on Thursday evening by a. X. StoNcrs com
pany. The performance was very highly spoken
of. Barlow Bros. 4 Frost's MinstrelS gave one
of their entertainments on Friday evening to Il
packed house and everybody was delighted with
the performance. Mr. Charles f. Campbell, who
has been at work in Indiana for some time, return
ed home last week. He had met with il serious
accident by which one of his legs WAS badly
crushed and from which it will probably be a long
time before he RECEIVERS. The quadruped who
usually comes with 'thc flowers that bloom in the
spring ira Ia known to naturalists as mcphitis
americana, but commonly called by much short
or name, made his appearance on one Of onr
streets last week and sent forth his annual greet
ing, whereupon one of our public citizens offered
a small boy 81 if he would capture the intruder
and bring it to him. The enterprisng youngstel
| Immediately set TO work and arranged a trap and
the next morning had the pleasure of taking his
prize to the contractor, who promptly fulfilled his
part of the bargain and paid over the money-but
he evidently thinks the market is overstocked now
and he doesn't care to take any more at that fig
urc. Congratulations are in order for our old
townsman, L. W. Nosc, Esq, of Bangor for hav-
ing won the suit for John White, of Lcvant, VS..
the town of Levant. The has been in the
courts for six or seven years and he has secured
verdict for the client of $1,000. Letters have
been received from Capt. j. F. Rowell of the ship
Great Admiral at Melbourne, Australia. He had
a remarkably quick passage considering the fact
that he experienced heavy gales for two weeks.
He crossed the equator in "a days. passed the Cape
Of Good Hope in 43, and arrived at Melbourne in
% days. Hon. Fred Atwood has an order for a
wind engine and tank of 2O,5OO gallons capacity,
with pumps, piping, etc, for Hancock Point. I'm
provements costing 81 500 or more are to be made
for the Tarratine House and residents.